Thu, Jan 28, 2021·TD Garden, Boston
Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 16 | 05 | 06 | 117 |
| BOS | 29 | 17 | 14 | 420 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 6:10BOSChris WagnerUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
- P1 15:03PITCody CeciAssists: Bryan Rust, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
- P1 18:53BOSSean KuralyGWGAssists: Anders Bjork · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
- P2 8:13BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie Coyle · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–3
- P3 1:40BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
- P1 0:52PITTristan Jarry: Tripping2 min
- P1 7:02BOSCharlie Coyle: Holding2 min
- P2 13:40BOSJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min
- P2 18:35BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Holding2 min
- P3 0:55PITJohn Marino: Interference2 min · PPG
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Malkin won the faceoff against Kuraly
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward lines
- bestBlueger – McCann – Tanev8:43
xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
- Sceviour – Jankowski – O'Connor8:33
xG 0.09–0.06 (61%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Crosby – Rust – Guentzel12:14
xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 10–5goals 0–2
- Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen12:58
xG 0.12–0.36 (26%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestLetang – Joseph14:04
xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1
- Ceci – Marino19:03
xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0
- Ruhwedel – Czuczman9:23
xG 0.04–0.57 (6%)attempts 4–9goals 0–2
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestWagner – Kuraly – Bjork11:15
xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 8–11goals 2–0
- Krejci – Smith – Ritchie6:00
xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Bergeron – Marchand – Coyle6:05
xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0
- Krejci – Coyle – Ritchie6:39
xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGrzelcyk – Carlo8:40
xG 0.67–0.14 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0
- Lauzon – McAvoy11:04
xG 0.28–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0
- Grzelcyk – McAvoy2:24
xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BOS − PIT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).